THE HOLOCAUST AND THE UNITED NATIONS OUTREACH PROGRAMME

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ADAMA DIENG
Adama Dieng is the United Nations Secretary-
General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention
of Genocide. Mr. Dieng previously served as
Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal
for Rwanda. He began his career in Senegal,
where he served as Registrar of the Supreme Court for six years. From 1982 to
2001, Mr. Dieng worked for the International Commission of Jurists, for the last
ten years as Secretary-General. During this period he was appointed as the United
Nations Secretary General’s Envoy to Malawi in 1993 and as the United Nations
Independent Expert for Haiti from 1995 to 2000. A legal and human rights
expert, Mr. Dieng has throughout his career contributed to strengthening the rule
of law and fighting impunity. He has also contributed to the establishment of nongovernmental
organizations in Africa and to strengthening African institutions.
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biography/
JENNIFER WELSH
Jennifer Welsh is the United Nations
Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on
the Responsibility to Protect. She works
in partnership with Special Adviser
Adama Dieng to implement their distinct
but complimentary mandates. In addition to her work as Special Adviser,
Ms. Welsh is Professor and Chair in International Relations at the European University
Institute and a Senior Research Fellow at Somerville College, University of
Oxford. She was previously Professor in International Relations at the University of
Oxford and co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.
Prior to that, she held the posts of Associate Director of the Peace and Conflict
Studies Programme at the University of Toronto and Caidieux Research Fellow
on the planning staff of Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Welsh has
published widely on the responsibility to protect and atrocity prevention. She
has worked as a consultant to the Government of Canada on international policy
and has been a frequent commentator in the Canadian media on foreign policy
and international relations.
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